COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D+

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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys lost the trade table, and the D+ tells the story.

by Al Tha Pal · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 0 steals · 9 reaches
Value C-
Need B
Trades F
Future F

The Cowboys put a flag in the ground for Joshua Cephus, 45 picks before anyone else would have, and the value took the hit.

The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through cornerback. The bill for those future picks comes due whether the class hits or not.

The imported veterans give this class a floor the draft picks could not on their own.

The verdict is not kind, and fairly so; this class has a hill to climb.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.30 · Pick 30 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 51
In pick 30 they get a blindside protector, though the board says they badly overpaid. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.32 · Pick 32 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 39
In Round 1, Pick 32 they get a plug-and-play piece up front. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.1 · Pick 33 · T'Vondre Sweat · DT · rank 58
This one needs a full-page explanation: T'Vondre Sweat in slot 33, miles early. It fills a real need, too.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 75
A big swing on Cooper Beebe at the 56th pick, well ahead of any board in the building. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Brenden Rice · WR · rank 67
No edge and no loss on Brenden Rice in pick No. 69; it is a wash and a sensible one. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Tykee Smith · S · rank 96
Tykee Smith at No. 87 is a conviction pick that outran the value. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Darius Robinson · DL-EDGE · rank 121
They left a pile of value on the table to take Darius Robinson this early at No. 102. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R4.25 · Pick 125 · Braelon Allen · RB · rank 159
Value said wait; Braelon Allen in pick 125 says they were not listening. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.29 · Pick 165 · Jaylen Wright · RB · rank 163
By-the-book stuff, Jaylen Wright at the 165th pick squarely in line with his ranking. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.37 · Pick 173 · De'Corian Clark · WR · rank 212
A wild overpay on De'Corian Clark in the 173rd overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.38 · Pick 213 · Joshua Cephus · WR · rank 258
Joshua Cephus at Round 6, Pick 38 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.22 · Pick 242 · Nathaniel Watson · LB · rank 259
They jumped the gun on Nathaniel Watson, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
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